Re: [Xen-users] Perfectly consistent zero-downtime backup.

[Sean Greenslade <zootboysean@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 18, 2013 4:20 PM, "jacek burghardt" <jaceksburghardt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I had used dd to copy vm to hard drive . Once freenas runs on xen again i am thinking about exporting iscsi and using dd to make copies
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Beware! Using dd to do online backups is just begging for trouble. Unless no files are written during the entire backup, there is NO guarantee of consistency. dd is for offline backups only. _______________________________________________
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